Dengue case reported in Kathmandu
8:54 AMBaral September 24, 2016 : A-53-year-old woman from Lele VDC of Lalitpur district, who was admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, has been tested positive for dengue virus. Doctors at the hospital said the woman admitted to the hospital for treatment of high fever tested positive for dengue. “We have sent blood samples to the National Public Health Laboratory for further confirmation,” Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, a virologist at STIDH, said. He informed that four other patients admitted to the hospital some three weeks ago, had also been tested positive for the disease. He, however, said that he was not aware about the origin of those patients. <
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